There's Life in the Old Dog yet ...

One season after they failed to defend their title, the Celtics are back in the NBA Finals again.

"Obviously, one (NBA title) is special," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said, acknowledging that it's not enough to rank among the great teams in franchise history. "The other groups (i.e. previous Celtics title-winning teams) have a couple, and we would love to join that club. No one can ever take away that first one, but we want to join the other club, too."

"This starting five has never lost a series, ever," Rivers said, alluding to the injury that kept Kevin Garnett out for the postseason last year and kept the new Big Three from defending its '08 title. "We believed that coming into the season, and we just kept believing."

Fighting words indeed. But he has a point. This particular starting five has won all 7 series that they've played together.

I’m looking forward to the NBA Finals.

Go Celtics !